Table 1.
Mothers’ engaged, accessible, and total time with children aged 6–17 years, weekly hours (weighted), PSID Child Development Supplement (1997–2007)
| Engaged | Accessible | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Children 6–11 years (N=2,323 records from 2,142 individuals) | ||||||
| All time | 19.66 | 11.55 | 18.65 | 12.22 | 38.31 | 15.84 |
| Educational and structured activities | 1.55 | 2.77 | 2.26 | 3.64 | 3.80 | 4.41 |
| Unstructured play | 1.29 | 2.77 | 5.89 | 6.48 | 7.17 | 7.09 |
| Television and media | 3.53 | 5.03 | 6.70 | 7.34 | 10.22 | 8.78 |
| Meals | 4.45 | 3.14 | 1.65 | 1.88 | 6.09 | 3.23 |
| Travel | 8.06 | 6.05 | 1.66 | 2.06 | 9.71 | 6.09 |
| Children 12–17 years (N=2,031 records from 1,883 individuals) | ||||||
| All time | 13.80 | 12.28 | 19.01 | 14.24 | 32.81 | 18.17 |
| Educational and structured activities | 0.53 | 1.96 | 3.66 | 5.87 | 4.18 | 6.23 |
| Unstructured play | 0.57 | 1.96 | 2.86 | 5.37 | 3.43 | 5.77 |
| Television and media | 3.23 | 5.41 | 7.86 | 8.94 | 11.06 | 10.31 |
| Meals | 3.05 | 2.94 | 1.21 | 1.69 | 4.26 | 3.29 |
| Travel | 5.55 | 5.85 | 1.14 | 1.66 | 6.69 | 5.99 |
Note: Observations are pooled across waves. Statistics are weighted and clustered on the child.